The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-28
The Transaction Consummatsd or
Saturday Through Major
Calvin Hood.
All the Stock Subscribed and Work
to Commence on the Missouri,
Kansas & Southwestern.
Work on the Ellinor Branch Also to
be Started Within a Week
or Two at Most. - .
A Few of the Most important Trans.
fers Filed for Record.

That Emporia is attracting attention
from abroad and that outside capital
its are becoming impressed with the
natural advantages, aAwell as our 9TH
er great recommendation in the way
of city improvements and new railroad
projects, was proven beyond peradyen-
ture on Saturday afternoon last by the
purchase of part of the old Slocum
farm by one of the railroad magnates
of the Missouri, Kansas s. Southwest
ern, Mr.. NJ. w. Conkling, a brother Of
Mr.. L. NJ. Conkling of Kingman, so
well known to many of our citizens in
connection with working up PROPOSE
tions for the new road.
Negotiations had been pending for
some time for an investment, but, as
we are informed by Maj. c. Hood,
through whom the transaction was
consummated, it was only on Saturday
that the bargain was made, and forty
one acres were purchased at $500 per
acre. The land lies just at the edge of
the city limits as now laid out, and is
undoubtedly a bargain on which the
purchaser will be enabled to double OF
triple his money in very short time.
| We were given to understand that
several other still larger transactions
are also pending, which viii probably
be consummated within day or two al
farthest.
We also learned that a syndicate
composed principally of eastern cap
italists have formed company and
filed charter for the purpose of max,
ing purchases of property in EmpOris
and improving the same. It is reported
upon good authority that heavy sale
of land has already been made
to a member of the corporation and
that steps in substantial direction
looking to improvements upon an ex
| tensive scale are being taken. 1t Is moi
improbable that some of the Rip Van
Wrinkle sleepers may be woke up by a
sound of music in the air at an early
day.
In connection with this subject il
may be in order to state that Mr.. Conk
ling while here stated that all arrange
ments had been perfected and that ''dirt
would begin to fiy'' on the new roads
in a few weeks. This, in fact, was one
reason for his purchase of the above
mentioned property. He SAYS he ha.
an unlimited faith in Emporia, anC
that the cheap prices at which property
can be purchased here must be very
great inducement to eastern buyers, mo-
to speak of the many other equally
good reasons why our city should rapid
ly improve.
From one of the contractors of the
Ellinor branch road it was learned thai
preparations to commence work were
about consuummated, and that it wonlC
begin in a short time and be pushed tt
an early conclusion.
SOME TRANSFERS.
Last Saturday several important
transfers were filed in the Office of the
register of deeds which, like straws il
the wind, show the way things ART
turning.
The United Telephone company t.
the Missouri s. Kansas Telephone com
pany, all its property in the state OF
Kansas, $4,000.
2OOx137 feet south of the round
house to Bell s. Jay from w. H. Mills
So, 900.
33I Commercial street to Doms s
Custer, gentlemen from Marion Center
Kansas, 5000.
S. NJ. Lockwood to J. Brown of Ma
lion Center, property in the south par
of town, $500.
100x25 feet on Fourth avenue facin,
Merchants hotel, from w. J. Jones Il
Ed. Waterbury, $500.
The transfer of the United Tele
phone company includes its property
in this city, which is very considerable
there being twenty miles of wire. TIL
lots transferred from w. j. Jones tC
Ed. S. Waterbury will be built up witt
a fine two story brick block. Thi
looks very bOomy.